There is a price for everything. The premium the earlier purchasers are paying is for the guarantee that they will have seats and the wider selection of seats. You are choosing to take the risk that they'll be seats available later and are less concerned about the exact seat you purchase in exchange for a lower price.
Pregame: Illinois vs Kansas (Exhibition), Sunday, October 29th, 5:00pm CT, BTN
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Expecting to see same starters unless injury or bad play but expect the minutes to vary based on matchups and game performance.
DLG- “Good Curbelo” type offensive energizer
Harmon- Andre Feliz type stabilizer
Harris- Defensive stopper for oppositions hot hand
Hansberry- when we are outrebounded
QG- when we are being pushed around
Dain- when we can’t drive the ball.
BU doesn’t change the starters based on matchups, but he will vary the minutes. Our two point efficiency can’t be based on a team with no shot blockers. Won’t be the same vs Kansas.
DLG- “Good Curbelo” type offensive energizer
Harmon- Andre Feliz type stabilizer
Harris- Defensive stopper for oppositions hot hand
Hansberry- when we are outrebounded
QG- when we are being pushed around
Dain- when we can’t drive the ball.
BU doesn’t change the starters based on matchups, but he will vary the minutes. Our two point efficiency can’t be based on a team with no shot blockers. Won’t be the same vs Kansas.
Since I am a season ticket holder I was buying some tickets for friends today. With the complaints about the Kansas ticket prices, I looked at the Indiana and Iowa ticket prices since they are weekend games against a high-quality opponent. The tickets are $90 and $80 respectively for seats in the 200 level. With that in mind, $40 for a ticket to the Kansas game is a steal and my payment for my mid-cout 200-level seat is reasonable.
My guess is the first 8 minutes or so, both coaches will treat it as a real game. Then for the next 24-28 minutes try out lineups, rotations, etc. And then if the game is still close, play the final 4-8 minutes like a real game. If so it'd give a strong balance of allowing the in person and tv audience to see a good game with high level competition, allow the coaches to work on what they need to and get their bench minutes, and also should make for solid ratings as well as get great publicity
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
I'm going to reiterate my hope that the Hall gives Self a warm welcome back. There is no reason at this point to direct forced hate at him. Direct all the boos and venom to HD by all means. But let's show some damn class and be a respectable fanbase.
I agree. He took a promotion. It was 20 years ago. It's time to let it go. Unlike my hatred for Bruce Pearl which is eternal
If anyone deserves the fanbase's scorn it is Ron Guenther.
I think it would be even funnier if HD was greeted with silence. He enjoys the boos and embraces being the villain. Showing him some hardcore apathy would throw him off his game.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
Think that ship sailed some time ago, my friend. You ever seen Illini fans on twitter?
Edit: internet fandom and people attending in-person might not be an apples-to-apples comparison.
Crush should reply to his starting announcement with "BABY KOFI."
Nah, we have had way worse
This. He was an awful AD.
This quote at the end of the article…
“”They know how to practice, and they do things right,” Underwood said. “They are very, very astute listeners. They pick things up. Last year, at times, it felt like you were coaching kindergartners because you had to keep repeating things over and over and over and over and working on things over and over and over to get one simple thing done. This group is very different that way.””
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“”They know how to practice, and they do things right,” Underwood said. “They are very, very astute listeners. They pick things up. Last year, at times, it felt like you were coaching kindergartners because you had to keep repeating things over and over and over and over and working on things over and over and over to get one simple thing done. This group is very different that way.””
Kansas will test Illinois' depth
Illini freshmen pushing veteran teammates with season opener two weeks out
sacraig
- The desert
If anything, I think he as an AD that was a product of a bygone era (as in, already in the past while he was in charge) and he refused to change with the times.
If we were closer, we would.
the national
- the Front Range
That’s a lot of Overs. Seven. Yikes. From watching that team all last year, now I don’t blame Mayer for separating himself and just doing his iso stuff. Granted it was selfish but yikes.
blackdog
- Champaign
You really think he wasn't one of the reasons they had to practice things over so many times?
I wouldn't feel bad for him- he himself said in interviews he came in caring most about his efficiency stats and that was his focus. And he determined the best way of doing that was to take shots as quickly as possible and not pass to minimize likelihood of turnovers that tank those metrics. So it seemed fairly clear that when Brad called sets that weren't drawn up for him to take quick shots, he wasn't interested.
Allowing Self to leave without counteroffering was the height of pettiness, arrogance and stupidity. Awful AD
It's not so much that he left that bothers me, it's how he did it. I understand Kansas is a dream job for many, but don't go the Baltimore to Indy route.
Yep. Had he just gone to Kansas, fans would've been sad but generally appreciative of him. Even the leaving in the middle of the night with no due notice wouldn't have been a huge deal if it weren't for Self actively recruiting Dee and Deron to transfer to Kansas with him. While yes, this is commonplace now, it wasn't so common back then and looked at more as dirty dealing. As in why are you not just leaving a school you're coaching at but also purposefully trying to go scorched earth and steal away the talent? It did not sit well with fans, myself being one of them.
Personally I'm not a fan of Self. He did a good job in the short time he was here, he's doing a good thing agreeing to the charity match, but he's just not a coach I can actively cheer for or wish he does well.
There should be no angst towards Bill. Bill is a great dude and loved his time here and if any of you got to know Bill on a personal level everyone one of you would love the guy.
sacraig
- The desert
Sure, but I think that's in part because he was operating decades in the past as if a coach owed him unquestioned loyalty.
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
My husband and I attended the WDWS radio show at the Esquire on Monday night where Coach Underwood was the guest. It was obvious that he has lots of respect for Self, saying he’s a HOF coach, has probably the best point guard in the nation, and that his players are all “dudes.” He also said that he really likes this Illini team. As it said in the above NG article, the team has had 14 practices thus far, and every practice was good. At Monday’s practice, Amani and Dravyn stood out and dominated, which gives him a nice problem. Lots more was said, most of which is in the above article by Ritchey. It was a great show, and we were lucky enough to get to go to our first one where Underwood ended up being the guest. Brad is extremely witty and candid, and he really made it fun with his dry sense of humor. Loren Tate was there, and they obviously have a great relationship. When Loren had a question, Brad said quickly before he could ask, “I’m not going to tell you who I’m starting.” Loren retorted, “I’m not going to ask who you’re starting. I want to know with ten minutes left to go in the Kansas game, who is in there?” Brad answered, “I’m not going to tell you. The players will let me know who is going to be in there.”
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